Overview
- Juzgado de Instrucción nº3 in Vitoria-Gasteiz has opened preliminary proceedings and called three identified minors to testify as victim-witnesses.
- Ertzaintza has been tasked with identifying additional affected children as part of the ongoing probe.
- Families report that adolescents were compelled to take mixed nude showers in the presence of adult monitors, with some incidents alleged from 2021 to 2024 in Bernedo (Álava) and Abaigar (Navarra).
- Media citing El Correo report further unconfirmed claims of explicit conduct by staff, which have not been officially corroborated by investigators.
- Organizers Sarrea Euskal Udaleku Elkartea and some families defend the program’s pedagogy and deny aggression, as officials debate oversight gaps and possible regulatory changes after roughly 500 youths attended last summer.